Scholomance

Overview

Familiar faces like Janice Barov and Rattlegore are back with updated mechanics, but some other bosses like Ras Frostwhisper and the six-minibosses that dropped armor sets are removed. Plus, fan-favorite Lilian Voss is seeking revenge on Darkmaster Gandling, who taunts her throughout the instance.

All NPCs models are updated as well to show off new Forsaken models created in Wrath.

You also get a potion that lasts sixty minutes upon drinking that turns you into Professor Slate's model.

What's Changed--And What Hasn't

All bosses have been reworked--some new, some familiar:Instructor Chillheart: A lich in the reworked first room, two-part fight. After fighting his soul, he retreats into the phylactery and summons hostile books and explosions.

Janice Barov: Now in the second large room, instead of the crypts. She periodically vanishes and summons shadowy versions of herself around the room--before, she summoned many more duplicate copies in close range.

Rattlegore: Rattlegore is no longer located in the basement. Instead, he spawns after you defeat piles of skeletons and watch a dialogue between Darkmaster Gandling and Lilian Voss. He casts Bone Spike which players can protect themselves from by clicking on piles of bones around the room for a buff.

Doctor Theolen Krastinov: He is probably back--there's a room full of Krastanovian Carvers and Flesh Horrors. However, these mobs were bugged and healed to full every minute, so that room was left untouched.

Lilian Voss: Gandling tries to bend her will--you put her out of her misery. If you damage her quickly enough, she will regain strength and end the encounter by significantly wounding Gandling. If not, her dark side will spawn and drain health from her.

Professor Slate: He's the potion master in the reworked classroom, in front of Bored Students! Turns into a Flesh Horror halfway through the encounter.

Darkmaster Gandling: In theory, he should port you to the various mini-boss rooms, but this encounter didn't look finished yet. The spell effects are amazing though.

If you're interested in the matching armor sets for transmog--better do it now. It looks like those six mini-bosses are removed.The art has been tweaked to be even creepier in this version of Scholomance--eerie ghostly faces appear on the walls, fel green candelabras, fancier spell effects. The Viewing Room is like a real classroom now, with bored students, desks, creepy picture, and potions.The instance is more compact now--no special basement areas for Rattlegore, Jandice, and Ras Frostwhisper now.

Darkmaster Gandling says: My dear, it appears we have visitors! Friends of yours, Voss?Lilian Voss: You there! Make yourselves useful and deal with these summoners!Darkmaster Gandling says: Their deaths only serve to empower my summons further! Behold!

Darkmaster Gandling: You, too, are beautiful, Voss. Have you looked in a mirror recently?Darkmaster Gandling: My dear, you should embrace this gift that has been bestowed upon you.Lilian Voss says: I will not let you curse another soul with this nightmare.Lilian Voss says: Run...necromancer..your life ends once I catch my breath.Darkmaster Gandling says: Come, Voss, your fate awaits you.

Darkmaster Gandling yells: Did you forget, girl? I am the darkmaster! I command the undead!Lilian Voss yells: I...won't let you..nnggaaaahhh!!Darkmaster Gandling yells: Now turn your lovely runeblades on our guests, and fetch me their bones!Lilian Voss says: I can't...fight him...Darkmaster Gandling says: I can feel her will breaking...her soul burns so brightly.Darkmaster Gandlight says: Now, Lilian, it is time for your transformation.

Individuals seeking to master the powers of undeath know well of Scholomance, the infamous school of necromancy located in the dark and foreboding crypts beneath Caer Darrow. In recent years, several of the instructors have changed, but the institution remains under the control of Darkmaster Gandling, a particularly sadistic and insidious practitioner of necromantic magic.

Instructor Chillheart

Course: Introduction to the Dark Arts
Instructor Chillheart journeyed from Northrend to teach aspiring necromancers discipline, harshly punishing those who disappoint her. She commands the icy chill of the north and masterfully uses Scholomance's libraries to deadly effect.

Stage One: First Lesson:

Ice Wall: Instructor Chillheart summons a wall of ice that slowly sweeps across the room, instantly killing any player it touches.

Wrack Soul: Instructor Chillheart shatters the soul of a player, inflicting 20000 Shadow damage every second for 10 sec. When Wrack Soul expires, it jumps to another player.

Ice Wrath: Instructor Chillheart wreaths a player in ice for 10 sec, causing them to inflict 83250 to 96750 Frost damage to all of their allies within 2.5 yards every second.

Touch of the Grave: Instructor Chillheart's icy touch causes her next 10 melee attacks to inflict an additional 41625 to 48375 Frost damage.

Frigid Grasp: Instructor Chillheart summons ice at a player's location that explodes from the ground, inflicting 332500 to 367500 Frost damage to all nearby players.

Stage Two: Second Lesson:When Instructor Chillheart's physical body dies, the foul magic that animated her escapes back to her phylactery.Fragments of Instructor Chillheart's soul escape the phylactery and animate the tomes of magic scattered throughout the classroom.

Jandice Barov

Course: Advanced Illusions
Barov's spirit lurked in the recesses of Scholomance for years, but now she has taken a more active role in educating the next generation of magi. Her vast knowledge of illusions has made her both a valued educator and a dangerous opponent to anyone foolish enough to draw her ire.

Wondrous Rapidity: Jandice rears her staff back with a flash of wondrous Arcane force, unleashing a barrage of attacks that inflict 170625 to 179375 Arcane damage in a cone in front of her.

Gravity Flux: Jandice creates a gravity distortion field that inflicts 170625 to 179375 Shadow damage to all enemies who enter it, knocking them back and causing them to briefly go blind.

Phantasmal Images:At 66% and 33% health Jandice dissipates into thin air, creating multiple illusions of herself. Destroying the one illusion Jandice hides behind forces her back into the fray.

In Heroic difficulty, defeating the wrong image causes a Flash Bang, inflicting 97500 to 102500 Arcane damage to all enemies.

Whirl of Illusion: Jandice hides amongst multiple illusions of herself, dancing in a Whirl of Illusion that inflicts 39000 to 41000 Arcane damage to all enemies every 1 second.

Rattlegore

Course: Reanimation 101
Rattlegore was thought to have been destroyed in Andorhal, but Gandling immediately began preparations to reanimate the clattering terror so he could guard against intruders. The Darkmaster sought to make Rattlegore more ferocious than ever, imbuing him with an insatiable desire to harvest raw materials from his enemies.

Bone Spike: Rattlegore launches a powerful spike of bone at a random player, inflicting 300000 Physical damage and knocking them back a great distance. Bone Armor absorbs the effect of Bone Spikes.

Soulflame: The souls of the dead Boneweavers continue to torment the living, periodically engulfing a section of the room in Soulflame. The flame inflicts 141375 to 158625 Fire damage every 0.5 sec. and grows in size over time.

Bone Pile: Bone Piles lie scattered throughout the summoning room. Interacting with a Bone Pile grants a player a charge of Bone Armor.

Bone Armor: Surrounds the caster with a series of whirling bones that absorbs one Bone spell.

Lilian Voss

Course: Reeducation
The undead Lilian Voss strangled her father--a high priest of the Scarlet Crusade--for treachery, and then started a rampage that eventually led her into the shadowy corridors of Scholomance. Rather than destroy the intruder, Darkmaster Gandling graciously decided to show Voss how to embrace her grim fate. The anger and runeblades she had once directed at the school are now turned toward Gandling's enemies.

Stage One: Fetch Me Their Bones!:Darkmaster Gandling turns Lilian Voss against her former allies, employing her powerful abilities to gather more corpses for his devious purposes. Though she tries to fight against his dark will, she cannot control her actions at this time.

Shadow Shiv: Lilian leaps onto a player and strikes them with both runeblades, inflicting 120000 Shadow damage to players within 8 yards.

Death's Grasp: Lilian draws upon dark powers to pull all players to her location.

Unleashed Anguish: Lilian's anguish is further unleashed when striking players in melee. For every melee strike, Lilian will unleash another barrage of Blazing Soul. However, the movement speed of Lilian's Soul is significantly reduced.

Fixate Anger: Lilian's Soul fixates on a player. She will only attempt to attack that player and cannot be taunted.

Finale: Die, Necromancer!:When Lilian's physical body reaches 1% remaining health, she musters the strength to recombine with her soul for a final assault on Darkmaster Gandling.

Darkmaster Gandling

Course: Advanced Studies
The recent defeat in Andorhal has put Darkmaster Gandling in the foulest of moods. More than ever, all students of Scholomance are advised to impress him at every turn. Pupils who dissatisfy the headmaster will be removed from class to perform lab work... or become lab work.

Incinerate: Gandling deals 138750 to 161250 Fire damage to his current target.

Comments

Comment by vindurza

Comment by akilleuss

great new layout for scolomance heroic as for ragefire chasm they should of made this heroic it would be good if they did similar with stratholme and a heroic version of Stormwind Stockade next

Comment by Adamsm

on 2012-04-03T17:17:41-05:00

great new layout for scolomance it would be good if they did similar with stratholme next

Really? You don't get more straight forward then Stratholme dead side heh.

Comment by Terrassen

on 2012-04-04T09:19:11-05:00

Better hope it won't have the same difficulty level as the original Cata dungeons had, or it will be the most leaved instance in WoW history.

Comment by Arraya

on 2012-04-08T19:05:16-05:00

Noo! Why Scarlet Monastery, I like it just the way it is! Don't mess it up! :'( (As it is makes me remember my days back in Vanilla for the long travel from Stormwind to Scarlet Monastery, it was such an adventure)

Comment by shadowplague

on 2012-04-09T13:09:33-05:00

RIP THE LICH KING

Comment by noobking87

on 2012-04-09T22:25:36-05:00

I have to say, I'm impressed with how Scholomance is turning out so far. Well done, Blizzard!

Comment by Antizzle57

on 2012-04-10T10:32:55-05:00

i hated rattlegore when i was 60

Comment by GothicShaman

on 2012-04-10T10:54:52-05:00

So far Scholo is looking like it'll be an interesting run. I'm looking forward to running the newer more updated dungeons! ^_^

Comment by wownut39

on 2012-04-11T01:34:32-05:00

I can't wait to try this out. Man back in the day this place took hours lmao...